Clearing my conscience........

[GeoFisher]

I thought, well never mind. You have a family member you cant win a conversation with? Glad it worked out for you even if I helped pay for it.

I cannot win with MOST of my family members.......most all are blue collar / union DEMOCRATS......but that is what exists in the rust belt of Indiana .

I do have some that are not union......but not many.

Later,

Geo

[Chubminnow]

Some government programs are good, some are needed, most are a waste of hard earned tax payer money that end up dragging on and on and on, and people learn to live like that and the end result is people abuse the system...but the government let's them get away with it so who's to blame? This is my .02

I do wonder about all of these programs funded by the government, I especially wonder because...well..you know...it ain't like the government has a lot of money right now and too...how much our we in debt now? Geesh....Good lord man!! So I guess I'm sort of wondering how far the United States is from having some sort of hell raising happen that's similar to what's going on in Egypt right now. If the government goes broke enough they won't have no choice but to cut, cut, cut and cut some more. The number of people who rely on social programs is way more than any of us realize. Most of us here on this board are typical working stiff's, retired working stiff's, blue collar, white collar, police, volunteer firemen, etc. most of us only know one way to get ahead and that's the HARD WAY! But there are a plethora of people in our country who "get by" with a little government help. They have learned to work the system in their favor.

Plus too, think about this. Not only are programs being cut but I read today that New York City may be looking at laying off 15,000 teachers. 15,000!!...that's a lot of heads ain't it? Sure seems like a lot of heads to me. And according to how the teachers UNION works, the first cut will be the lowest on the totum pole, which ain't good for the kids...a chopped head isn't based on whether or not you did your job well or not, a chopped head means you were lowest on the totum pole.

Just another rant from me I guess....sorry to get off topic if I did.

[kygorski]

All the states are looking at cutting education, thats what we need! A whole generation of under educated folks trying to enter a job market that they are not qualified for, and will never be.So forign governments some how manage to find funds to send students here, that will not continue.I dont like to pay taxes, but have been supporting public education since I started working , even though my children went to a parochial school, and my daughter went to another state for her college degrees,Cutting education is STUPID,we will have more under paid workers, and more jobs will leave because of the lack of skills, and trainable workers. Hey you cant have a fast food resturant on every corner in america. They are also cutting back on police forces, another wonderful idea.

[RoadToad]

So Geo, when was it you got mugged?

[stratosjoe]

Geo, would you mind giving your "crazy liberal sister" this site address so she can wade in from time to time to give you an occasional reality check thanks. Joe

[RoadToad]

So Geo, when was it you got mugged?

Sorry about the bad joke. What I was referring to was the old saw about "a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged." Yeah, I know... pretty lame.